Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal
by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @06:43PM
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> New slots can be easily created by adding runways or building new airports.
I wouldn't call that "easy". How many new runways are going to be built next year? How many new airports? I'll make a guess that the answers are "none" and "very few or none".
Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal
by zhte415 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @01:25AM
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I think this depends where in the world you are. In a lot of places it is very easy.
Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal
by merb on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @09:11PM
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> How many new airports?
maybe berlin, if they decide to rebuilt the failed project.
Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal
by valuearb on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:00PM
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Well, demand is the driver of that. Right now the need isn't that great. If it becomes that great, a far easier solution than the A380 is new runways and new airports.
Re:Airbus ready to axe A380 if fails to win Emirates deal
by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:20PM
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Demand may be the driver, but the transmission is broken. There's zoning, and environmental regulations, and NIMBY opposition, and on and on.
I mean, how's Heathrow's new runway coming? The demand is clearly there, but the runway is not. It received the support of the government clear back in 2009. After much back and forth, it's ready for a final decision this winter, with the earliest possible year of operation being 2025. And that's with the demand being clearly there.
Airbus crippled itself trying to eliminate it with the A380, they blew a huge amount of capital they'll never get back.
The hub and spoke model is dead and won't be coming back. New slots can be easily created by adding runways or building new airports. Flying point to point isn't just more convenient and faster, it is cheaper and more fuel efficient.